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«How NOT to demotivate the motivated (students and teachers)!»

30 marzo 2015 Relatore: Pauline Carr

Today we will look at:

• Students and teachers’ motivation

• What influences motivation

• Motivation and inclusion

• What demotivates students and teachers

• How to maintain motivation

Motivation

• What motivates your students?

Motivation

Luciano Mariani, La motivazione ad apprendere come competenza da costruire: la voce degli studenti, Lingua e Nuova Didattica, Anno XXXVII, No. 3, Giugno 2008

Motivation

La voglia di essere felice. Non si può essere felice andando sempre male a scuola, prima per (forse) la presa di mira dei professori, poi per i rimproveri a casa …

Mi sento motivata … quando si mette in pratica ciò che siè studiato solo teoricamente, e facendo esercizi in classe, guidati dall’insegnante, in modo da poter poi accorgersi se quell’esercizio saremmo stati in grado di svolgerlo altrettanto bene da soli.

Enrica, 15 anni

Roberta, 17 anni

Motivation

Extrinsic

Interest in a subject

Social aspect

Peace of mind

Intrinsic

Marks

Exams

Pressure from parents

What motivates you?

Motivation

Top 5 reasons teachers become teachers

Top 5 reasons teachers become teachers A. Inspired by my teacher(s) at school

B. Enjoy working with children and young people

C. Variety - every day is different

D. Love of my subject

E. Want to make a difference

www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jan/27/five-top-reasons-teachers-join-and-quit

Top 5 reasons teachers become teachers

Top 5 reasons teachers become teachers Enjoy working with children and young people (1)

Want to make a difference (2)

Variety - every day is different (3)

Inspired by my teacher(s) at school (4)

Love of my subject (5) www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/jan/27/five-top-reasons-teachers-join-and-quit

Motivation & inclusion

Who do we think about when we talk about inclusion? BES DSA Slower learners Faster learners = MIXED ABILITIES Fast finishers

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

- Repetition - Irrelevance - Material that’s too slow/low/easy (Same material for different learners) - Absence of progress

Motivated students motivate teachers

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

- Repetition - Irrelevance - Material that’s too slow/low/easy (Same material for different learners) - Absence of progress

Motivated students motivate teachers

Avoid repetition

Avoid repetition

Avoid repetition

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

- Repetition

- Irrelevance - Material that’s too slow/low/easy (Same material for different learners) - Absence of progress

Motivated students motivate teachers

What makes a topic relevant to students?

Relevance

reflects their interests Useful For their future

For school

Close to their own experience

Relevant topics – useful

Communication

Relevant topics - useful

Critical thinking

Relevant topics - useful Problem solving

Relevant topics - close to students’ own experience

Start from students’ experience

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

- Repetition - Irrelevance

- Same material for different learners - Absence of progress

Motivated students motivate teachers

The same material for different learners - different tasks for different learners

Non linguistic

Linguistic

Using the same material for mixed ability classes

Freeer production challenges autonomous students

More structured exercises provide support for weaker students

The same material for different learners - Cooperative learning and peer to peer cooperation

The same material for mixed ability classes - cooperative learning and peer to peer cooperation

Use students’ knowledge and interests

The same material for mixed ability classes - cooperative learning and peer to peer cooperation

Use students’ knowledge and interests

Finished!

Finished!

Finished! It’s always better to have a prize than a punishment!

What demotivates students (and teachers)?

-Repetition -Irrelevance -Same material for different learners

Absence of progress

Motivated students motivate teachers

Progression

Sense of progression

Progression

Practical material relevant to all students

Progress

Not just grammar, revise and expand

Milestones

Start from the familiar

Link to the real world

Reasons to read – reading for pleasure

Close to students’ experience

Personalization

• We looked at

• Including motivated students by providing them with

challenging activities

• Revising language in new contexts, changing the

medium where possible

• Making students aware of why they are doing what

they are doing

• Ensuring students have a sense of progress

• Strengthening students’ peace of mind by preparing

them for triennio

Motivation

Motivation

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

(WB Yeats)

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